‘Ignore Roe’ and the holocaust of the Preborn



January 22, 2012 marks the 39^th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which opened the floodgates to the holocaust of the Preborn. Abort73.com reports on its Facts About Abortion: U.S. Abortion Law page that:

The history of abortion in the United States is far more complicated than most people imagine. It has been an issue of varying contention in this nation for the last 200 years. Nevertheless, abortion has never enjoyed such universal protection under the law as it has for these last three decades. As it stands today, American women have the legal right to obtain an abortion in all 50 states, through all nine months of pregnancy, for virtually any reason at all. This has been true since January of 1973 when the Supreme Court declared that autonomous abortion rights are built into the Constitution, and that any legal barriers which prevent mothers from aborting their children are unconstitutional. This ruling was arrived at on the premise that the 9th and 14th Amendments, according to legal precedent established during the 1960's, guarantees a woman's "right to privacy", a right that extends even to abortion.

Abort73.com continues to explain on its States Abortion Laws page that until 1973, abortion was a states issue and that most abortions were illegal.  However, instead of admitting defeat and states wringing their hands over this infamous court decision, a website called Ignore Roe presents a strategy based on the doctrine of interposition for ending the holocaust of the preborn and explains on its “How Would It Work” page that:

Interposition works both ways.  Either the State interposes between the Federal government and its citizens, or the Federal government interposes between the State and its citizens.  Either the State says "No, we will not allow the murder of innocent unborn children" and begins to prosecute, or the Federal government does.

And continues to give these practical examples of how interposition would work:

The President of the United States could enforce the Constitution and begin prosecuting all who are conspiring to murder the unborn babies.

"This is what their oath of office demands. The president takes an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,” not Supreme Court opinions. Further, Article II, Section 3 states that the president is duty-bound to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” Any court opinion that is contrary to the Constitution is, by definition, not law. Therefore, the president must not enforce it."

Herb Titus, Abortion is Not Legal from The American View website

The Governor of a state could do the same thing. He could just start prosecution.  The law enforcement officials of his state are under his direction.  He needs only to call upon them to begin.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports that in 2010 41,859 pregnancies were terminated in our state.  If we truly believe that life begins at conception, then isn’t it time for the citizens of Illinois to demand that their elected officials practice the doctrine of interposition and bring the holocaust of the Preborn in Illinois to an end? Or will we allow another 40,000+ lives to be destroyed in our state while we plan pro-life marches for the 40^th anniversary of Roe v. Wade?

Christians can find hope for the future by looking to the past

As the New Year begins, a Christian can find great comfort and encouragement by reflecting upon what God has done in their life during the previous year.  And while one can find peace while tracing the hand of God in their circumstances, hope for the future can also be found by looking at the history and triumph of God’s Church in this world.

One of the best loved passages of Scripture is Hebrews, chapter 11, which is also referred to as the chapter of the “Heroes of the Faith.”  One can find hope in the stories of others who faced persecution, adversity and severe trials for their faith, but who remained steadfast and did not waver in their faith.  Here is an excerpt from the King James Bible, beginning at verse 32:

 ³²And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

 ³³Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.

 ³⁴Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

 ³⁵Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

 ³⁶And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

 ³⁷They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

 ³⁸(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

 ³⁹And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

 ⁴⁰God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.



Fox’s Book of Martyrs is also a record of faithful heroes who faced great persecution, yet overcame even onto death through their faith in Christ.  Another classic book to encourage the Christian is Pilgrim’s Progress by the Puritan author John Bunyan. Or perhaps the stories of the Scottish Covenanters as told in the books Fair Sunshine by Jock Purves and The Scots Worthies by John Howie will stir your soul to strive for a closer walk with the Lord Jesus Christ and a greater knowledge of those who have gone before you.

One can truly rejoice in the midst of trials and uncertain times by looking to the past and the stories of those who have gone before us. Why not make a resolution to renew your hope by reading the Bible and classic Christian books in 2012? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain from finding your hope for the future in “His Story.”